| A | B |
| common noun | the name of any person, place, animal or thing |
| proper noun | the name of a particular person, place animal or thing |
| proper noun | ALWAYS begins with a capital letter |
| collective noun | name of a group of things |
| abstract noun | name of a thought, a feeling or an idea |
| verb | a being, having or doing word |
| finite verb | always has a subject |
| pronoun | can be used instead of a noun |
| adverb | describes a verb |
| adverb | describes an adjective |
| adverb | describes another adverb |
| adjective | describes a noun |
| adjective | describes a pronoun |
| preposition | joins a phrase to a sentence |
| conjunction | joins a clause to a sentence |
| interjection | an exclamation |